Jeremy Evans flies high in Slam Dunk Contest again but settles for second place

The Deseret News | Feb 17

For the second consecutive year, Jazz forward Jeremy Evans soared in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest.

This time, though, the guy nicknamed the "Human Pogo Stick" didn’t walk away with the championship.

With 58 percent of the fan vote, Toronto guard Terrence Ross beat Evans in the final round of the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest in Houston Saturday night.

Evans won last year’s slam dunk contest in Orlando.

In defense of his title, Evans used a pair of impressive dunks to advance to the championship round against Ross.

First, he pulled off a dunk over a seated Mark Eaton — albeit after several missed attempts — and then pulled off a simultaneous dunk using two balls — a trick he used to win in 2012 — to finish with an aggregate score of 90, pitting himself against Ross in the final.